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Company Profile

This company owns and operates privatized correctional and detention facilities in the United States. The company owns, operates, and manages prisons and other correctional facilities; and provides inmate residential and prisoner transportation services for governmental agencies. Its facilities also offer various rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, religious services, life skills and employment training, and substance abuse treatment. In addition, Corrections Corporation provides healthcare services, such as medical, dental, and psychiatric services; food services; and work and recreational programs. As of June 30, 2011, the company operated 66 facilities, including 45 facilities that it owned with a total design capacity of approximately 90,000 beds in 20 states and the District of Columbia. It is also constructing an additional 1,124-bed correctional facility in Millen, Georgia. Corrections Corporation serves federal, state, and local correctional and detention authorities. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.